Calendar.



F. A. FULLER. CALENDAR APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4- 1915.

1,1 92,054. Patented July 25, 1916.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ A. FULLER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE 3'. E. MERGOTTCOMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CALENDAR.

Application filed January 4, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANZ A. FULLER, acitizen of the United States, residing in the cityof Newark, in thecounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Calendars, of which the following is a full,clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to calendars, and its object is to provide a simpleand novel form of device of this character, which may be utilized for anumber of useful purposes, such as to furnish a calendar, paper weight,paper clip, or other convenient and useful device.

The present invention consists primarily in a novel calendar,hereinafter set forth, and, furthermore, this invention consists in thevarious novel arrangements and combinations of parts, all of which willbe described in detail in the following specification, and then finallyembodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 represents a plan View of my im proved calendar. Fig. 2represents a side view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of myimproved calendar, the calendar cards and cover having been removed; andFig. 4 represents a central section of my improved calendar, the coverbeing shown in an open position.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawings.

In the drawings, a and 7) designate the plates of the clasp, preferablymade of metal or any suitable material, which are provided withup-turned ears 0, which overlap and are mounted upon and secured by apivot pin (5, said plates being normally held closed under tension bythe spring 6 coiled around said pivot pin. The front edge of the plate aterminates preferably in a curved portion, which engages the front edgeof the supporting plate Z), said plate I) being provided near its rearedge with an aperture f, by

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Serial No. 331.

means of which the device can be hung upon a nail or the like, ifdesired.

1 he plate a, near its side and front marginal edges is provided with aseries of integral lugs which are preferably struck up from and extendupwardly from said plate, designed to provide means for properlypositioning and holding a calendar card it, a series of calendar cards,a picture or the like. The lugs g furthermore provide means forpositioning and guiding the cover or lid on the plate a.

A hinged lid -or cover 2', the lower half of which is preferablyprovided with an embossed portion to be utilized for advertisingpurposes, and the upper half of which is provided with a cut-out portionto expose the calendar, picture or the like, is secured to the plate a,near the rear edge thereof, in the following manner. The lid or cover ais provided with a downwardly extending flange j, that portion of theflange at the rear edge of the lid or cover being curled inwardly, toform a tubular bearing is for the reception of the wire rod 01' pintleZ. The ends of the pintle Z are bent downwardly, and pass throughsuitable apertures m formed in the plate a, and are then clenched uponthe under side of said plate.

A finger piece a pierced from the lid or cover 2', is located near thefront edge of the lid, thereby providing means for releasing the lidfrom locking engagement with the lug 9, said lug being provided with apressed-out portion 0, which has locking engagement with the flange ofthe lid or cover, adjacent to the finger piece a.

The parts of this device are preferably made from sheet metal, and areof such shape as to lend themselves readily to manufacture by the use ofsuitable punches and dies.

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described is ahighly eflicient one, and while the device described is the preferredembodiment of my present invention, I do not care to restrict myself tothe exact details of'construction, combination and arrangement hereinset forth, it being obvious that minor variations thereof, not involvingthe exercise of invention, may be made by any skilled mechanic, and suchdepartures from what is herein described and lugs formed on the plate toWhich the cover is secured, adapted to hold a card or the like v 2 I r1,192,054

in position a holding lug on the plate having holding engagement Withsaid cover, a supporting plate pivotally connected to the first-namedplate intermediate of their ends, the front edge of the first-namedplate engaging the front edge of the supporting plate and a springcoiled around the pivot to normally hold the plates together at one endof the same.

This specification signed and witnessed this 31st day of December, 1914.

FRANZ A. FULLER.

Witnesses:

FREDK C. FISCHER,

CLIFFORD A. ALLIsToN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

